A16573:728
The complaint of verity, madeThe complaynt of veritie, made
The complaint of verity, made by John Bradford. An exhortation of Matthew Rogers, unto his children. The complaint of Raufe Allerton and others, being prisoners in Lollers tower, & written with their blood, how god was their comfort. A song of Cain and Abel. The saying of master Hooper, that he wrote the night before he suffered, upon a wall with a coal, in the new In, at Gloucester, and his saying at his deathThe complaynt of veritie, made by Iohn Bradford. An exhortacion of Mathewe Rogers, vnto his children. The complaynt of Raufe Allerton and others, being prisoners in Lolers tower, & wrytten with their bloud, how god was their comforte. A songe of Caine and Abell. The saieng of maister Houper, that he wrote the night before he suffered, vppon a wall with a cole, in the newe In, at Gloceter, and his saiyng at his deathe
London: printed for Owen Rogers?, 1559
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Whereof it cometh, that the Fathers, as Chrysostom and others do speak with so full a mouth, when they speak of the Sacrament: for their respect was to Christs words. If the Schoolmen which followed, had the same spirit which they had, then would they never have consented to Transubstantiation. For with great admiration some of the Fathers do say, that the bread is changed or turned into the body of Christ, and the wine into his blood: meaning it of a mutation or change, ⟨image 73⟩not corporal, but spiritual, figurative, Sacramental, or mystical. For now it is no common bread, nor common wine, being ordained to serve for the food of the soul. The Schoolmen have understood it, as the Papists now preach of a substantial changing, as though it were no great miracle, that common bread should now be assumed into that dignity, that it should be called Christs body, and serve for a celestial food, and be made a Sacrament of his body and blood.
Whereof it commeth, that the Fathers, as Chrysostome and others doe speake with so full a mouth, when they speake of the Sacrament: for their respect was to Christs words. If the Schoolemen which followed, had the same spirit which they had, then would they neuer haue consented to Transsubstantiation. For with great admiration some of the Fathers doe say, that the bread is changed or turned into the body of Christ, and the wine into his blood: meaning it of a mutation or change, ⟨image 73⟩not corporall, but spirituall, figuratiue, Sacramentall, or mystical. For now it is no common bread, nor common wine, béeing ordained to serue for the foode of the soule. The Schoolemen haue vnderstood it, as the Papists now preach of a substantiall changing, as though it were no great miracle, that common bread should now bee assumed into that dignitie, that it should be called Christs body, and serue for a celestiall foode, and be made a Sacrament of his body and blood.